Improvement in clothes-washers



'D.P.SULOUFR Improvemeht in Clothes Washers.

N0. 121,217. Patented Nov-21,1871,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID P. SULOUFF, OF MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-WASHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,217, dated November21, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID P. SULOUFF, of Milton, in the county ofNorthumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new andImproved Clothes-Washer; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing making part of this specification, in which- Figurel is a longitudinal vertical section, and Fig. 2 is a transversevertical section.

This invention relates to a Washer intended to go inside a wash-boilerand to support the clothes to be washed, holding them above the water,and being provided with pipes, one at each end, havin g rose-heads,through which water is forced by steam-pressure, falling from therose-heads in jets on all parts of the clothes.

Referring to the drawing, the top of the washer consists of a diaphragm,fitting accurately the inside of the boiler and held above the waterlinein the same by means of a flange, 1), proi ecting downward from the edgeof the diaphragm and resting on the bottom of the boiler. The sides 0and ends (I of the diaphragm slope inward and downward, forming aconcavity, at the bot tom of which is a slot, 6. Attached to the underside of the diaphragm, beneath the slot 6, are shelves f, sloping toeach side downward from a central ridge. In the flange b may be holes 9to let the dead-water pass through. Corrugated slats h pass from side toside of the diaphragm for the clothes to rest on, preventing them frompacking around the slot 6 and from scorching in case the boiler getsdry.

When the clothes are laid on the slats h, the washer filled with Wateras far as the shelves f, the cover put on the boiler, and heat appliedthereto, the steam generated soon forces the water in two currents upthrough the pipes i, which spring from the ends of the diaphragm. Theshelves f act as a trap to prevent the Water from being forced upthrough the slot 6. The water falls in jets through the rose-hcadsj onall parts of the clothes, and soaks through the clothes and runs downthe sides 0 and ends d, and through the slot aback to the water-space,thus cleansing the clothes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The concave diaphragm c d, having the flange 1) and slot 6, and combinedwith the shelves f, slats h, pipes i, and rose-heads j, as specified.

D. P. SULOUFF. Witnesses:

CHAS. A. PETTIT,

THOS. D. D. OURAND. (136)

